BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics

06/02/2026

Congratulations! to two of our trainees on their new fellowships/grants:

Dr. Dan Brooks has received the 2026 North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium Summer Gateway to Mitochondrial Medicine Grant Award

Dr. Amber Nakar Weinstein has received a 2026 Rare Organic Acidemias Research Consortium Fellowship Award

Congrats!🎉

05/27/2026

The Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine had a strong presence at this year's Harrington Discovery Institute Scientific Symposium in Cleveland, Ohio. Pictured here are Harrington scholars, Dr. Mingshan Xue, Dr. Hamed Jafar-Nejad, and Dr. Pengfei Liu

05/21/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Ignatia Van den Veyver for being appointed the Henry and Emma Meyer Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Dr. Daisuke Nakada on being appointed to the Henry and Emma Meyer Professorship in Molecular Genetics. Read more about all the faculty awards here:

05/21/2026

Yesterday was Faculty Awards Day 2026 . is excited to share the names of all faculty who won awards...

Dr. Sandesh Nagamani received a 2026 Ben and Margaret Love Foundation Bobby Alford Award for Academic Clinical Professionalism. The award recognizes a physician at Baylor for professionalism, humanism, & the ability to model these qualities in the practice of medicine.

Dr. V. Reid Sutton received a 2026 Barbara and Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. Presidential Award for Excellence in Education award. This award is Baylor’s most prestigious award for faculty educational service. Read more about Reid here: https://bit.ly/49VX7Kf

Dr. Chaya Murali received an Early Career Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care and Dr. Shweta Dhar received a Master Clinician Award

Dr. Kim Worley received a Clark Service Award. The award honors Baylor faculty members whose exemplary service contributions have not been recognized previously through an institution-level award by the College.

Congratulations to all!

05/20/2026

Happy Clinical Trials Day! Today we celebrate our nurses, coordinators, lab staff, & investigators for their dedication, resilience, & passion for advancing healthcare! Your expertise & commitment to excellence make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients & families.

05/20/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Janel Peterson of the Cooper lab on your successful dissertation! Janel's dissertation was “Identification of pathogenic smooth muscle mechanisms contributing to DM1 gastrointestinal dysmotility” 🥳

05/19/2026

Thank you to all who joined us for Family Day at The Health Museum on May 9. Special thanks to NORD’s Texas Rare Action Network and sponsors Sanofi and Natera. Great to share valuable resources such as the UDN with patients & their families.

05/18/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Brooke Horist of the Xue lab on your successful dissertation! Brooke's dissertation was “Disease Mechanism and Genetic Therapy for a Pathogenic STXBP1 Variant” 🥳

05/08/2026

In April's Journal of Rare Diseases, Dr. Sarah Elsea and colleagues report a newly validated, caregiver‑informed tool to assess food‑related behaviors in Smith‑Magenis syndrome, supporting more accurate outcome tracking in future clinical trials.

Purpose Accurate measurement is essential for tracking changes in clinical outcomes. Individuals with Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) exhibit challenging and unique food-related behaviors. We sought to determine the best tool to capture their unique food-related behaviors. Methods We conducted focus gr...

05/05/2026

NORD’s Texas Rare Action Network and Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital Genetics invites you to join patients, families, caregivers, and other rare disease community members at The Health Museum this Saturday, May 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a family friendly event. Special thanks to our Platinum Sponsor Sanofi for helping make this event possible.

Register: https://bit.ly/49wtJtU

Attendees will have the opportunity to meet other patients and caregivers, get connected to community-based organizations, and enjoy the museum for free!